Place:East Yorkshire District, Humberside, England

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NameEast Yorkshire District
Alt namesNorth Wolds Districtsource: name used 1974-1981
Bridlington and Yorkshire Wolds Districtsource: suggested name, never adopted
TypeDistrict municipality
Coordinates54.029°N 0.466°W
Located inHumberside, England     (1974 - 1996)
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The Borough of East Yorkshire was one of nine local government districts of the county of Humberside, England which existed from 1 April 1974 to 1 April 1996.

The district was originally created as North Wolds, but was renamed by resolution of the council on 1 February 1981 (the Borough of Beverley was renamed to include 'East Yorkshire' in its name the same year). The council had made an earlier attempt, before it formally came into existence, to be named Bridlington and Yorkshire Wolds.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 by the amalgamation of a number of areas formerly in the administrative county of Yorkshire, East Riding, namely:

The district was abolished in 1996 and merged into the new East Riding of Yorkshire local government district, which covers a much larger area and was a unitary authority.

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